Heinrich Kunth

Heinrich Sigismund Johannes Kunth (born June 4, 1811 in Berlin , † April 22, 1850 in Wittstock / Dosse ) was a German administrative lawyer and parliamentarian in the Kingdom of Prussia.

Life

Kunth's father was Gottlob Johann Christian Kunth , the educator of Wilhelm von Humboldt and Alexander von Humboldt . Heinrich Kunth studied law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and became active in the Corps Borussia Bonn in 1829 . As mayor of Wittstock, he was elected to the Prussian National Assembly in 1848 for the constituency of Ostpriegnitz . He shot himself at the age of 38.

Individual evidence

↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19/25.
^ List of names of the members of the Prussian National Assembly from November 20, 1848 (Landesarchiv Berlin F Rep. 310, Collection 1848 No. 2755 PK)
↑ Corp List of Bonner Prussia 1821-2008
↑ Cf. Alexander von Humboldt's note in the Berlinische Nachrichten von Staats- und schehrte Dinge , No. 101 v. May 3, 1850, p. 3. ( digitized in the German text archive )
↑ Maximilian Lederer: "What torments and depresses me are the eternal memories of the dead." Alexander von Humboldt's written reactions to two suicides in the spring of 1850. 2017 ( academia.edu [accessed October 25, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Kunth, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kunth, Heinrich Sigismund Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German administrative lawyer and parliamentarian in the Kingdom of Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH	June 4, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	April 22, 1850
Place of death	Wittstock / Dosse

[1] Kösener corps lists 1910, 19/25.

[2] List of names of the members of the Prussian National Assembly from November 20, 1848 (Landesarchiv Berlin F Rep. 310, Collection 1848 No. 2755 PK)

[3] Corp List of Bonner Prussia 1821-2008

[4] Cf. Alexander von Humboldt's note in the Berlinische Nachrichten von Staats- und schehrte Dinge , No. 101 v. May 3, 1850, p. 3. ( digitized in the German text archive )

[5] Maximilian Lederer: "What torments and depresses me are the eternal memories of the dead." Alexander von Humboldt's written reactions to two suicides in the spring of 1850. 2017 ( academia.edu [accessed October 25, 2019]).